discount broker (diskountbro"ker)

One who cashes notes or bills of exchange at a discount, and makes advances on securities. discountenance (dis-koun'te-nans), v. t.; pret. and pp. discountenanced, ppr. discountenancing. [ It. disco ragg i a men to, scoraggiamento; as discourage + -ment.] 1. The act of discouraging; the act of deterring or di uading from an undertaking. Over-great discouragement might make them desperate. State Trials, H. Garnet, an. 1606. 2. The state of being discouraged; depre ion of spirit with regard to action or effort. The Czar was walking up and down that private walk of his in the little garden at the back of his quarters, his head drooping on his breast, his shoulders bent, his whole attitude eloquent of discouragement . Arch. Forbes, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 131. 3. That which discourages; that which deters or tends to deter from an undertaking or from a course of conduct. discouragement The books read at schools and colleges are full of incitements to virtue and discouragements from vice. Swift . The steddy course of a virtuous and religious life,. resisting all the temptations of the world, overcoming all difficulties, and persevering to the end under all discou Clarke, Works, II. 8. ragements. =Syn. 1. Di uasion.-2. Dejection, hopele ne . - 3. Hindrance, opposition, obstacle, impediment.